[Cally Conan-Davies]

This is a podcast celebrating the life and work of Robert Mezey. Many names familiar to Sphereans are involved. Lots of interesting things are said. I really hope you can find an hour or so to settle back and listen to it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOng...ature=youtu.be

Here is a list of the speakers and when they appear:

Rhina Espaillat (2:17); Charles Wright (5:16); Dana Gioia (11:03); Jackie Coulette (16:13); Michael Collier (20:28); Olivia Ellis (25:21); Eugene Pugach (30:35); Charles Martin (33:32); Paul St. Amour (36:56); Terese Coe (42:31); Rosanna Warren (46:27); Mike Juster (50:02); Alice Quinn (55:24); Jan Schreiber (58:16); Michael Shepler (1:02:04); Annie Wright (1:05:39); Saundra Rose Maley (1:06:55); Jonathan Blunk (1:09:37); Jane Shore (1:13:16); Bill Broder (1:18:01); Bruce Bond (1:19:44); Suzanne Lummis (1:24:09); BH Fairchild (1:31:58); Maurya Simon (1:36:34); Jodie Hollander (1:42:04); David Mason (1:46:31).

Cally

[Mary Meriam]

This is wonderful, Dink, thanks for the link.

FISHING AROUND
by Robert Mezey

Keeping his feet, a feeling in his gut,
Heart in his mouth, a slow bee in his bonnet,
Silently groaning under God knows what,
He wants to see if he can write a sonnet:
Nothing spectacular, just some decent verse,
Each phoneme brooded on, each syllable weighed,
The diction plain, the sentence fairly terse
(To please you, lovely reader, meter-made).

And now he feels he’s in his element,
Baiting a hook and casting forth the line,
And through clear water sees a heaven-sent
Swift flash of silver rise into air and shine.
Ah, let it go—go, dart back to the deep.
A lovely thing, but much too small to keep.

[Mark McDonnell]

Oh, that's brilliant Mary. The Beatles pun, the gorgeous couplet and, especially, "a slow bee in his bonnet" as metaphor for the first inklings of an idea for a poem. What a lovely feeling it is. Straight into my Top 5 meta-poems, this one!

I'll have a listen/watch of the link, Cally.

[Simon Hunt]

I listened to this when Jodie sent me the link. It's lovely.